DIARY - Czech Republic - to January 31

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    UPCOMING ECONOMIC INDICATORS  
 DATE---GMT/LOCAL---INDICATOR--------------PERIOD----FORECAST----PRIOR 
 17/12  0800/0900   Retail sales y/y       Oct        6.0%        4.3% 
 31/12  0900/1000   Money supply           Nov        n/f        10.6% 
 31/12  0900/1000   Foreign debt euros     Q3         n/f        45.71bln 
 02/01  0830/0930   PMI index              Dec        n/f        54.9 
 02/01     n/a      Budget balance         Dec        n/f        12.77bln 
 08/01  0900/1000   FX reserves            Dec        n/f        23.36bln 
 09/01  0800/0900   Inflation m/m          Dec        n/a         0.9% 
 09/01  0800/0900   Inflation y/y          Dec        n/a         5.0% 
 09/01  0800/0900   Unemployment           Dec        n/a         5.6% 
 10/01  0800/0900   Foreign trade          Nov        n/a         8.61bln 
 15/01  0800/0900   Producer prices m/m    Dec        n/a         0.7% 
 15/02  0800/0900   Producer prices y/y    Dec        n/a         5.3% 
 15/01  0800/0900   Export prices y/y      Nov        n/f         0.07% 
 15/01  0800/0900   Import prices y/y      Nov        n/f        -1.5% 
 16/01  0800/0900   Industrial output      Nov        n/a         8.4% 
 16/01  0800/0900   Construction output    Nov        n/f         3.5% 
 18/01  0900/1000   CA balance CZK         Nov        n/a       -13.68bln 
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    COMPANY RESULTS 
 DATE---COMPANY----------RIC------------SECTOR------AVERAGE FCAST--FORECAST ---- 
                                                      (eur mln)     ITEM 
 no results on the schedule 
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    NOTE. n/a = not yet available 
          n/f = not forecast 
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================================================================================     CENTRAL BANK GOVERNING BOARD MEETINGS are usually held on Thursdays, but not 
necessarily every Thursday, with monetary policy specifically discussed on the 
last Thursday of the month in the board's "situation report" (see below for 
updated schedule). 
    WEEKLY CABINET MEETINGS are usually held on Wednesdays. 
    FULL LIST of ECONOMIC INDICATORS released in the coming weeks by the Czech 
Statistical Bureau (CSU), the central bank (CNB) and the finance ministry are 
published as listed in separate tables below. The nearest coming indicators are 
also listed among other diary items below. 
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    MONDAY, December 17 
    PRAGUE - Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) to release October retail sales at 
0800 GMT. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, December 19 
    PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. News conference 
to follow. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to meet on interest rates. An 
announcement is expected sometime after 1100 GMT with a news conference to 
follow at around 1430 GMT. 
     
    THURSDAY, December 20 
    PRAGUE - 39-week T-bill auction. 
 
    MONDAY, December 24 
    Christmas Eve. Banks and market closed. 
     
    TUESDAY, December 25 
    Christmas Day. Banks and markets closed. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, December 26 
    Boxing Day. Banks and markets closed. 
 
    MONDAY, December 31 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) to release November money supply and Q3 
foreign debt at 0900 GMT. 
 
    TUESDAY, January 1 
    New Year. Banks and markets closed. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, January 2 
    PRAGUE - Minutes from December 19 governing board meeting at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for December due out at 0830 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - End-2007 budget balance data. 
    PRAGUE - Czech cabinet to meet in a regular weekly session. News conference 
to follow. 
 
    THURSDAY, January 3 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
    PRAGUE - 13-week T-bill auction. 
 
    TUESDAY, January 8 
    PRAGUE - December forex reserves data at 0900 GMT. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, January 9 
    PRAGUE - December inflation data at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - December unemployment data at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - 10-year government bond auction . 
 
    THURSDAY, January 10 
    PRAGUE - November foreign trade data at 0800 GMT. 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
 
    TUESDAY, January 15 
  * PRAGUE - November foreign trade prices and December producer prices data at 
0800 GMT. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, January 16 
    PRAGUE - November industrial and construction output data at 0800 GMT. 
 
    THURSDAY, January 17 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
    PRAGUE - 52-week T-bill auction. 
 
    FRIDAY, January 18 
    PRAGUE - November current account balance data at 0900 GMT. 
 
    WEDNESDAY, January 23 
    PRAGUE - Debut 3-year government bond auction. 
 
    THURSDAY, January 24 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
    PRAGUE - 39-week T-bill auction. 
 
    THURSDAY, January 31 
    PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a regular weekly 
meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary policy issues. 
===========================SHAREHOLDERS MEETINGS================================ 
 COMPANY                   RIC                          DATE 
 no meeting on the schedule 
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